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Aphasia and drawing elephants

When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.

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The white tears of Taranaki

Taranaki in Aotearoa, New Zealand, is home to the world’s largest dairy factory. Sarah Hopkinson questions the price paid by an area dominated by monoculture.

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The men who meddled with nature

The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.

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Intertwined with air

Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.

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  • Asian Elephant
  • Elephant Man.
  • MONSTROSITY:Elephant Man
  • Elephant training ground, Ayuthia, Siam
  • Photograph, Death of the 'Elephant Man'
  • Reconstructed CT scan of elephant foot
  • Reconstructed CT scan of elephant foot
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs
  • 3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs
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